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think

(11,641 posts)
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 01:45 PM Aug 2016

Ed Rendell: Clinton Foundation should be disbanded if Clinton wins

Ed Rendell: Clinton Foundation should be disbanded if Clinton wins

By Rebecca Savransky - August 17, 2016, 03:02 pm

Former Gov. Ed Rendell (D-Pa.) says the Clinton Foundation should be disbanded if Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is elected to the White House.

“I definitely think if she wins the presidency they have to disband it. I know it’ll be hard for President [Bill] Clinton because he cares very deeply about what the foundation has done,” Rendell, a Clinton ally, told the New York Daily News.
“It’d be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem.”

Rendell, who also served as a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said the Clinton Foundation would at the least need to go into a "period of inactivity" during Clinton's time in office if she is elected.

On Tuesday, the Boston Globe's editorial board also called for the Clinton Foundation to be shut down if the Democratic nominee wins the White House...

Read more:
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/291753-rendell-clinton-foundation-should-be-disbanded-if-clinton
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Ed Rendell: Clinton Foundation should be disbanded if Clinton wins (Original Post) think Aug 2016 OP
The hell with all those benifits the foundation has provided liberal N proud Aug 2016 #1
Is he on dope? NurseJackie Aug 2016 #2
I disagree. MADem Aug 2016 #3
No. Turn it over to Chelsea and remove MyNameGoesHere Aug 2016 #4
And the media goes Jarqui Aug 2016 #5
Rendell does not care for all those people whose lives were saved. greatlaurel Aug 2016 #6
Sometimes I think Ed Rendell is afraid of his own shadow. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #7
Rendell is representing the fossil fuel companies not Democrats. greatlaurel Aug 2016 #8
Yep, a lot of people haven't forgotten what he did to MOVE either MrScorpio Aug 2016 #12
He is an idiot and obviously does not care about the DURHAM D Aug 2016 #9
he may be right, but he needs to take a vacation until mid-november nt geek tragedy Aug 2016 #10
Honest question: what's the difference between the Clinton foundation and the Global Initiative? Raine1967 Aug 2016 #11
bullshit. still_one Aug 2016 #13
A politician worth $450 million should not dictate the exidtance Agnosticsherbet Aug 2016 #14
I don't suppose Eddie ever suggested Trump should unload his businesses... JaneQPublic Aug 2016 #15
Ed Rendell is the worst surrogate. If he weren't from PA, he wouldn't get airtime. SaschaHM Aug 2016 #16
That's my take as well. SharonClark Aug 2016 #18
Time to go Ed. OnDoutside Aug 2016 #17
That's giving Republican hate and fear-mongers too much control again! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #19
Rendell should STFU. LiberalFighter Aug 2016 #20

MADem

(135,425 posts)
3. I disagree.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 01:54 PM
Aug 2016

They could put it into a holding pattern, or they could nominate a group of people, a board of directors, to oversee the foundation for the next eight years. The fiscal/budgetary end of it all needs to be like Caesar's Wife, above reproach, but there's no reason the good works this foundation has done should cease.

After all, they aren't getting any younger, it would probably be a good idea to start thinking in those terms anyway. They've created a very different way of shoveling "aid" to people, by employing them to make their own change, rather than giving them that one-time handout, and that paradigm is a good legacy.

Maybe they could rename it, too, if they felt that would be a distraction, but the infrastructure that organization has built should not be flushed.

 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
4. No. Turn it over to Chelsea and remove
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 01:56 PM
Aug 2016

Bill and Hillary from all duties and associations. Zero interaction.

Jarqui

(10,123 posts)
5. And the media goes
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 01:58 PM
Aug 2016

"why wasn't it disbanded when she was Secretary of State? ..."

The Republicans will bring it up plenty.

Dems "Good question. I'm not sure. Need to give it some thought" ...

Shutup Ed! We've been having a good string of news cycles

greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)
6. Rendell does not care for all those people whose lives were saved.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 01:58 PM
Aug 2016

Besides, all those efforts to bring clean renewable power to poor communities must be stopped asap. How dare the Clinton Foundation not work to the enrichment of the oil companies, like Halliburton, BP and Exxon. Did Rendell ask for those companies be shut down during the Bush years? What a vile tool.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
7. Sometimes I think Ed Rendell is afraid of his own shadow.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 02:00 PM
Aug 2016

He sure has no political courage. The Clinton Foundation gets high marks from independent charity rating agencies. Take anyone whose name is Clinton off the board for the duration of the Clinton Presidency but it is not right to shut is down just because many attack it for partisan purposes.

greatlaurel

(2,004 posts)
8. Rendell is representing the fossil fuel companies not Democrats.
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 02:02 PM
Aug 2016

He is a terrible spokesperson for Democrats.

MrScorpio

(73,630 posts)
12. Yep, a lot of people haven't forgotten what he did to MOVE either
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 02:21 PM
Aug 2016

It's ok to drop a bomb on women and children as long as they're black, in his book.

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)
9. He is an idiot and obviously does not care about the
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 02:03 PM
Aug 2016

countries/people the Foundation is helping.

The other day Eddie was on tv and clearly does not yet know that none of the emails were marked classified in the heading because he kept saying that only three were properly marked. He is a stupid fool.

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)
11. Honest question: what's the difference between the Clinton foundation and the Global Initiative?
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 02:08 PM
Aug 2016

I don't understand why Rendell is suggesting this at all.

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)
14. A politician worth $450 million should not dictate the exidtance
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 02:25 PM
Aug 2016

Of organizations that benefit the poor.

No one insisted wealthy presidents sell all f heir assets when elected.

JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)
15. I don't suppose Eddie ever suggested Trump should unload his businesses...
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 02:27 PM
Aug 2016

...if he is elected president.

Or even demand that Trump draw up plans for doing so.

I didn't think so.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
19. That's giving Republican hate and fear-mongers too much control again!
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 09:10 PM
Aug 2016

We don't need another LBJ fearing how the Republicans would spin a pull-out of Vietnam. His phone calls showed that fear of GOP backlash played far too much of a role in his decisions about it.

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